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How are health care, COVID-19 shaping campaigns in Southwest Colorado?

Health care was a top election issue for both urban and rural areas throughout the Democratic primary and leading up to the COVID-19 outbreak in the United States. After the pandemic swept the...

DATE: Sept. 28, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Injured man rescued from Wilson Peak near Telluride

A man was rescued Saturday after falling on Wilson Peak and sustaining severe injuries, according to the San Miguel Sheriff’s Office. The 30-year-old hiker took a “significant” fall on the east...

DATE: Sept. 28, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Judge removes Trump public lands boss for serving unlawfully

U.S. Interior Department Bureau of Land Management acting director William Perry Pendley served unlawfully for 424 days without being confirmed to the post by the Senate as required under the...

DATE: Sept. 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Frustrated and overworked: Durango teachers speak out

The experience of teachers at Durango School District 9-R is only one case study, but it is probably not unique. At this week’s school board meeting, a trio of teachers expressed the stresses and...

DATE: Sept. 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Red flag warning issued for Southwest Colorado

Critical fire conditions in the southwestern corner of Colorado, including the city of Cortez, have led the National Weather Service to issue a red flag warning from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday....

DATE: Sept. 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

La Plata Search and Rescue finds missing hiker north of Durango

A 30-year-old male set out to complete all four Fourteeners, peaks reaching 14,000 feet or higher in altitude, in La Plata County’s Chicago Basin on Tuesday. He planned to return Thursday. When he...

DATE: Sept. 26, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Congressional candidate Lauren Boebert stops by Bayfield on campaign trail

BAYFIELD – More than 70 La Plata County residents gathered under the Eagle Park pavilion in Bayfield on Saturday to hear upstart, congressional candidate Lauren Boebert make her case for their...

DATE: Sept. 26, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Four States Ag Expo sees low turnout

The Four States Ag Expo saw low turnout for its annual event this week at the Montezuma County Fairgrounds, but a few local horse owners and riders still took advantage of the clinics to learn...

DATE: Sept. 26, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Then and now: 6 months after Colorado issued stay-at-home order

It may feel like another lifetime ago, but Friday was the six-month mark from when Gov. Jared Polis issued Colorado’s first stay-at-home order, an extreme measure to slow the spread of COVID-19 at...

DATE: Sept. 26, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

COVID-19 ‘long haulers’ suffer symptoms weeks, months, later

DENVER (AP) – In the early hours of an April morning, at her home in Erie, Malea Anderson woke up with what felt like an explosion of ice water up her spine and into her head. She had a massive...

DATE: Sept. 25, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Montezuma County discusses proposal to reduce setbacks

Montezuma County commissioners and the public Tuesday debated proposed land use code changes that would reduce setbacks from property lines and eliminate size restrictions for secondary residences....

DATE: Sept. 25, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Ignacio School District sees first COVID-19 case

An Ignacio Elementary School student tested positive for COVID-19 this week, prompting the school district’s first quarantine because of the coronavirus pandemic. The school district instructed...

DATE: Sept. 25, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

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